EFFECT OF ACUPUNCTURE ON WEIGHT LOSS EVALUATED BY ADRENAL FUNCTION

In order to understand the relationship between patients'adrenal function and simple obesity andeffect of acupuncture on it,the obesity indices,lipid indices,fasting blood-glucose,noradrenalin,dopamine,adrenalin and cortisol were observed.The results indicated that patients with simpleobesity had hypofunction of the sympathetic-adrenal system and the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal system.Acupuncture treatment not only affected weight loss but also enhanced func-tioning of the two systems,suggesting that the effect of acupuncture on weight loss may be pro-duced by enhancing the functions of both the sympathetic-adrenal system and thehypothalamus-pitnitary-adrenal system.